It seems that the villain is targeting me.

Xiao Niao squatted down and opened the cabinet on the lower level of the cart. There was a large space inside, filled with medical cotton and disinfectant.

She roughly estimated that if all the miscellaneous items were moved out, the space inside should be just enough to accommodate Zheng Qiong.

Hide the person inside, disguise yourself as a doctor, and you can push your way out like this.

As long as you avoid the guards at the door and follow the system's instructions, if you're careful enough, you might actually be able to...

"No," Xiao Niao shook his head, "It's too risky to go out now."

She looked at the people who were knocked unconscious by her electric anesthesia - two surgeons in surgical gowns. She had no idea where the human traffickers found them.

Both men were now unconscious and lying on the ground - one of them had bloody scratches on his face from a cat's claws.

There was no other place to hide people in the room, and if they were left where they were, they might be discovered at any time.

How long will it take for police support to arrive?

Xiao Niao put her hand on the intercom. She hesitated for a moment and did not choose to press it immediately.

"...How many of their people are underground?"

"The insurance estimate is about twenty," the system replied. "All the workers working in the factory are also aware of the situation."

"An insider?" Xiao Niao raised his eyebrows.

[Yes, these people are all from the same village or hometown, and almost all of them are related to each other in some way.]

The system explained in detail: [Most of them may not have participated in the crime, but they all accepted Lao Mo's bribes. In addition, they do work in the meat processing plant. If they want to storm...]

"These people will definitely come out and get in the way."

Xiao Niao let out a click of his tongue.

Those people may not dare to actually kill, but they will cause great obstacles to the police's actions. After all, the police certainly cannot use force against the hundred or so workers in the meat processing factory.

This is also the reason why the guy named Lao Mo hired so many workers to work - there are more than a hundred people, and if one of them argues with another, the argument will take dozens of minutes.

This time was more than enough for him to take advantage of the situation and escape with his people.

Before this, Lao Mo had used similar methods to escape police pursuit several times.

Our original plan was to first find where they were holding the children, then find a way to protect them and wait for the police to rescue them.

[But according to Arjun, all the people who were trafficked were locked in cages and could not move freely.]

Xiao Niao's mind started to work rapidly.

Even if she could use a master key, it would be difficult for her to open the cages of so many people in a short period of time.

If they were discovered, the trapped children would instantly become hostages, and even they themselves would be in danger.

[It's unrealistic to take out the cage guards one by one,] the system said. [Even if we use tools, it's difficult to guarantee your safety.]

This was completely different from the situation when Xiao Niao dealt with the two black-hearted doctors just now - the other side had more people and would not give her a chance to launch a sneak attack, and they were all equipped with weapons, even guns.

The most important thing is that these people have a lot of hostages in their hands.

If a real fight breaks out, even if the Red Moon Knight himself is present, there is no guarantee that no one will get hurt.

"Then, nerve gas?" the system suggested again, "I can control the dosage."

"No," Xiao Niao shook his head. "The casualties would be terrifying. Many of the kidnapped people are children, and their resistance is no better than that of adults."

"Don't let the traffickers die without drugs and the hostages die first."

Cat number four couldn't read brain waves, and was dazed for a long time before he caught up with the bird's thoughts.

It stared at him with its hair falling out: "Then what should we do..."

Xiaoniao lowered his head and glanced at the cat.

"A brute force attack definitely won't work," she said. "Let's try to outsmart them."

Chapter 53 She is used to using any means necessary

"Hey, wake up."

A cold stick impatiently poked him in the face. Because the other party had no intention of restraining the strength, his entire cheek was hurt.

The man in the white coat subconsciously cried out in pain, then struggled hard to shake off the stick, but when he raised his hand, he suddenly realized that he was tied up tightly.

When I opened my eyes again, oh, what a dazzling shadowless light - it turned out that I was tied to the operating table.

He immediately started howling at the top of his lungs.

"Ok."

A voice murmured beside the operating table, "I really don't have much patience."

Then, there was a loud muffled sound.

In a trance, the man in the white coat seemed to hear the sound of branches breaking.

The area below the knees seemed to have lost all feeling, and all I could feel was a numbing pain.

Although this brother often does jobs like digging out hearts and livers, he has no tolerance for pain.

The man in the white coat is usually considered a high-end technical staff in the human trafficking gang, and he is never responsible for hard work like beating people up.

He had never been beaten before, so his resistance was relatively low. Now that his meniscus was shattered, he felt so much pain that he almost lost all consciousness.

For a moment he couldn't even shout, he could only whimper and scream, kicking his intact leg in pain, like a frog thrown into boiling water.

But soon, the man in the white coat stopped moving, and his head trembled against the operating table behind him - the cold stick was now pressed against his face.

The elder brother immediately understood the other party's intention: he closed his mouth tightly, and his teeth chattered against each other.

Xiao Niao held the water pipe in his hand and half-closed his eyes to look at the white coat lying on the operating table.

The water pipe dangled precariously in the air, moving back and forth between the nose and the chin.

The man in the white coat understood medical knowledge and human anatomy. He roughly simulated it in his head: when lying flat on his back,

A blow to the nose with the same force as just now would have rubbed the bridge of his nose into his brain.

His excellent medical skills almost made him wet his pants.

Tears streamed down the face of the man in the white coat, and he managed to squeeze out a few words through his teeth: "You, you can't do this... I have no ability to resist anymore. You are enforcing the law violently..."

Xiao Niao: "Did I say I'm a policeman?"

"I was just an ordinary citizen passing by. I saw you committing murder and stepped forward to stop you."

"I see you understand the law quite well," she said, looking at the man in the white coat with a half-smile. "Have you read Article 20 of the Criminal Code? Even if you die on the spot, it will be considered self-defense."

Cold sweat began to form on the back of the white coat: "No, no... spare my life, spare me..."

"I give you money, I give you money... I have a lot of money..."

Xiao Niao ignored him, didn't move his hands, and even took the time to hook a stool from the side with his feet and sat down seriously.

"I'll give you a chance," she said. "Tell us clearly how many people are underground and what kind of weapons they have deployed. You have one minute."

The man in the white coat burst into tears: "I don't know! I'm just an employee. I'm just following orders!"

Xiao Niao said, "You have fifty-five seconds."

Then the hand holding the water pipe began to shake again.

Actually, Xiaoniao didn't mean to scare anyone here...she was just a little tired and her hands were shaking.

Although it was just an unintentional act, it unexpectedly had an outstanding effect.

The man in the white coat was frightened by her, his eyes almost crossed, and he was scared to death by the swaying water pipes in front of him.

The surgeon, who was practicing medicine illegally, realized in despair that no one here could save him.

A true man never suffers a loss in front of him. He hesitated for a moment and then decided to surrender: "I confess, I confess everything."

"There are still fifteen seconds." Xiao Niao reminded considerately.

The doctor in the white coat was about to pee himself. He wanted to kneel down before the little bird, and lay on the operating table, squirming in agony. "Let me explain! Give me more time! One minute won't be enough!"

In this way, with the help of the bird, the big brother who was obviously suffering from short-term amnesia quickly recalled all the details in the underground facility.

Especially in the place where the abducted people were detained, Xiao Niao asked very carefully and repeatedly confirmed the layout of the room.

The man in the white coat didn't know why the man asked these questions, but he didn't dare not answer.

At the very end, Xiao Niao took out a blueprint of the factory basement from somewhere.

She unfolded the blueprint in front of the white coat: "Show me where the guards are."

The latter did so with trepidation.

Xiao Niao looked at the small area silently and put the blue drawing away again.

She also took down the camera that was placed nearby - this was also very important evidence.

Then she looked around again, used some local materials, and blocked the man in the white coat's mouth with a bunch of medical bandages.

The man in the white coat waited tremblingly for a long time, and when he realized that the other party had no intention of silencing him, he unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

After Xiao Niao made sure that the straps were strong enough, he prepared to leave the operating room.

She lifted a corner of the waterproof plastic curtain to reveal another unconscious surgeon strapped to a chair.

The man in the white coat was trying hard to crane his neck to look outside—and naturally he saw his unconscious surgical partner.

"Oh, I forgot to mention that."

Xiao Niao turned around as if he had thought of something and smiled faintly.

"You better hope your friends say the same thing."

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The intercom started beeping.

The body moved before the brain, and almost the next moment after the voice sounded, Chen Xiaoya quickly pressed the receive button.

Her nerves were tense, and she stared at the device in her hand with bated breath.

[Hello? Can you hear me?]

It’s... the voice of Xiao Bird.

Chen Xiaoya was freed from the breath-holding that felt like drowning. She subconsciously grasped the walkie-talkie in her hand and held it closer to herself.

【Little boy?】

"Yeah, I can hear you," Chen Xiaoya wiped his face carelessly, "Are you okay?"

[Well, I'm fine. The situation here is quite complicated, but it's safe for now.]

Xiao Niao paused for a moment on the other end of the intercom and said, "Little boy, hand the intercom to Officer Lan."

Chen Xiaoya turned his head, glanced at Lando who was sitting in the driver's seat, and handed the walkie-talkie to her.

The policewoman put the intercom to her lips and asked, "What's going on in there?"

"Their lair is underground in the factory," Xiao Niao lowered his voice. "I've figured out the basic situation: there are thirty-two people and at least seven guns, one of which is an old-fashioned shotgun."

Officer Lando's expression froze: "Are you sure?"

"Do I have to lie to you?" Xiao Niao sighed. "Officer, when will your reinforcements arrive?"

Landuo glanced out the window, then lowered her head to look at the watch on her wrist.

"...fifteen minutes," she replied in a low voice. "SWAT support has been approved. It'll take at most fifteen minutes."

"What's the situation with the hostages inside?" Lando asked again.

Xiao Niao told her the truth. The hostages were in a very bad condition and were all locked up.

In a cage, it is almost impossible to regain freedom in a short period of time.

Even if the bird could miraculously open all the cage locks without being discovered, she would not be able to escape with so many people.

There's no need to go halfway. As soon as Xiao Niao walks out the door, he will run into thugs with guns.

"Lao Mo has concentrated his main forces near that room," Xiao Niao said. "There are people guarding that room at all times, and they have at least three guns."

The rooms here refer to where the abducted people are detained.

Because escapes happen from time to time, the human trafficker Lao Mo has deployed most of his manpower there.